PART I : HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DOWRY
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DOWRY
PART II : COMMENTARY ON THE DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT, 1961
Preamble 29
Short title, extent and commencement 42
Definition of ''dowry'' 43
Penalty for giving or taking dowry 52
STATE AMENDMENTS
Bihar 54
Haryana 54
Himachal Pradesh 55
Punjab 55
West Bengal 55
Penalty for demanding dowry 70
STATE AMENDMENTS
Bihar 72
Haryana 72
Himachal Pradesh 74
Punjab 76
West Bengal 77
Ban on advertisement 79
Agreement for giving or taking dowry to be void 85
Dowry to be for the benefit of the wife or her heirs 87
STATE AMENDMENTS
Haryana 92
Orissa 102
Orissa 103
Cognizance of offences 104
STATE AMENDMENTS
Bihar 105
Haryana 106
Himachal Pradesh 106
Punjab 107
West Bengal 108
Offences to be cognizable for certain purposes and to be [non-bailable]
and non-Compoundable 110
STATE AMENDMENTS
Bihar 111
Himachal Pradesh 111
Orissa 112
Punjab 112
Burden of proof in certain cases 119
STATE AMENDMENTS
Himachal Pradesh 120
Punjab 121
Dowry Prohibition Officers 121
Power to make rules 122
STATE AMENDMENTS
Himachal Pradesh 123
Punjab 124
Power of the State Government to make rules 125
APPENDICES
The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 127
The Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of Lists of Presents to the Bride
and Bridegroom) Rules, 1985 136
The Dowry Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 1986 138
The Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983 144
Excerpts from Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 148
Penal Code, 1860 155
Evidence Act, 1872 165
Precedents 169
PART III : TAGORE LAW LECTURES ON LAW OF STRIDHANA BY SIR GOOROODASS BANNERJEE
Lecture VII-What constitutes stridhana 289
Lecture VIII-Rights of a woman over her stridhana 336
Lecture IX-Succession to stridhana according to the Benares School 364
Lecture X-Succession to stridhana according to the Maharashtra,
Dravida and Mithila Schools 394
Lecture XI-Succession to stridhana according to the Bengal School 429
Lecture XII-Succession to women's property other than her stridhana 458
SUBJECT INDEX 474